Table 3.
The association of relationship status on the importance of and perceived satisfaction with sex life in the different study groups and according to couple relationship status; age groups combined according to Finnish nationwide HeSSup cohort study. Analysis of covariance (ANOVA) with pairwise comparison with Dunnett’s adjustment
| Importance of sex life | Satisfaction with sex life | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Couple relationship | No couple relationship | Couple relationship | No couple relationship | |||||||||
| N | Mean | 95% CI | N | Mean | 95% CI | N | Mean | 95% CI | N | Mean | 95% CI | |
| Breast cancer | 52 | 3.63 | 3.23–4.04 | 14 | 4.21 | 3.26–5.17 | 52 | 3.62 | 3.18–4.05 | 13 | 4.31 | 3.25–5.37 |
| Mental depression | 385 | 3.45 | 3.30–3.59 | 223 | 4.05 | 3.81–4.29 | 384 | 3.45 | 3.29–3.61 | 219 | 4.07 | 3.82–4.33 |
| Arterial hypertension | 670 | 3.20 | 3.09–3.31 | 197 | 3.88 | 3.62–4.13 | 671 | 3.14 | 3.02–3.26 | 193 | 3.69 | 3.42–3.97 |
| Healthy controls | 6909 | 2.96* | 2.93–3.00 | 2346 | 3.27 | 3.19–3.34 | 6908 | 2.94** | 2.90–2.98 | 2308 | 3.86 | 3.78–3.94 |
| Total | 8016 | 2780 | 8015 | 2733 | ||||||||
*The only significant difference between BC and other groups was found in the subgroup of people living in couple relationship (BC vs. healthy controls, Dunnett-adjusted p = 0.02)
**The only significant difference between BC and other groups was found in the subgroup of people living in couple relationship (BC vs. healthy controls, Dunnett-adjusted p = 0.005)